Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 33 – Day 3


Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 33 - Day 3

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NEW WORDS

  • abjure [ab jůr´] 

“Galileo was summoned before the inquisition where he was ordered to abjure his theory.” S. F. Mason, Science Digest, 5/98

  • reproach [ri prōch´] 

“When reminded that he knew little history, Henry Ford reproached his critics by reminding them that history would know him.” Quoted in The Will Rogers Book, Paula Love, editor, 1961

  • penitent [peṅ´ ə tənt] 

“When father strode into the coal and ice office, he came out, the penitent clerk with him, promising to deliver a block of ice in time for dinner.” Clarence Day, Life with Father

  • evanescent [ev´ ə nes´ nt] 

“The incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind.” Samuel Johnson, “The Rambler” No. 30

  • tantamount [tan´ tə mount] 

“Opponents of the proposed agreement claim it is tantamount to a surrender of holy land.” USA. Today, 1/13/00

TODAY’S IDIOM

to take under one’s wing—to become responsible for

As the new term began, the senior took the freshman under her wing.

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